Here are some web sites where you can get information regarding the BIOS:

Mini-Tutorials/Articles
Lost Circuits http://www.lostcircuits.com/advice/bios2/1.shtml
Bios Connections http://www.electrocution.com/biosc.htm (First 28 pages from book)
SysOpt http://www.sysopt.com/articles/recoverbios/index.html (Recovering BIOS)

General Info
Abios http://abios.com/

Tweaks
3D Spotlight http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/bios/index.shtml

Forum
Bios Central http://www.bioscentral.com/wbb/main.php

Links
Trish’s Hardware Hell http://www.hardwarehell.com/bios.htm

Utilities
Unicore http://www.unicore.com/techsupport/award/awardutils.htm

I downloaded both the Detect and CTBios programs to ensure they were in English and both worked fine. The programs will provide the following information about your BIOS (Note: Detect is specific to the Award BIOS.)
Detect – Computer ID, BIOS Date, Award BIOS Found, Award ID String, Board/BIOS Version, OEM (Motherboard), URL (to MB manufacturer) and Chipset.
CTBios – Program (Unicore program name), BIOS date, BIOS Type, BIOS ID (date repeated), Chipset (includes revision number if any) and Superio[sic] (MB chipset {eg Intel 486, 586}, revision number and IRQ handler port).

For other utilities, I’d suggest going to the site for the specific motherboard manufacturer, although I have seldom found any for other than flashing.
. . . . . vvirtho